THESIS:

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Fish, the French, and the American Revolution
THESIS Britains improved ability to enforce
laws in its North American colonies prompted the
American Revolution. There were three major
points of contention between the colonists and
the British government trade, taxes, and the
Proclamation Line of 1763.
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NEW ENGLAND TRADE by 1640
COD, rum
New England
Sell best cod
Sell Spanish and West Indies products
Buy wine, iron, coal
Spain
West Africa
Sell corn, grain
Sell cod, rum
West Indies
Buy slaves
Sell cheap cod, slaves, Spanish goods
Buy sugar, molasses, salt
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LEGISLATION LEADING TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
1733 Molasses Act 1760 Sugar Act 1764 revised
Sugar Act 1765 Stamp Act 1773 Townsend Act 1774
Intolerable Acts Quebec Act 1775 Restraining Act
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Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
John Jay
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Count de Vergennes
Marquis de Lafayette
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Washington
Cornwallis